The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 17 Members and held 37 Meetings.

Staff

Clerk of the Committee: Mr Gavin Devine, Senior Clerk (Band A2)

Second Clerk: Mr Nick Wright (until 7.11.01), Senior Clerk (Band A2); Miss Kate Emms (from 19.7.01), Senior Clerk (Band A2)

Committee Specialists: Mr David Taylor, (Band B1) (until 3.1.02); Mr Richard Kelly, (Band B1); Dr Kate Trumper (from 2.4.02), (Band B1)

Committee Assistants: Mr Mark Oxborough, Higher Executive Officer (Band B2); assisted by Mr Darren Hackett (from 11.10.01), Chief Office Clerk (Band C)

Secretary: Ms Anne Woolhouse, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1); Carole Farr (from 15.4.02 until 24.5.02), Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1)

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Dr Peter Howsam, Professor Penny Johnes, Professor Sir John Marsh CBE, Professor Ken Thomson and Professor Kerry Turner CBE.

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers	3
Ministers other than Cabinet Ministers	5
Members of the House of Lords (of whom 1 was a Minister)	2
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	14
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:	11
Countryside Agency	3
English Heritage	2
Environment Agency	4
National Forest Company	2
Appearances by other witnesses	77

Overseas Visits

ATravel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions

UK Visits

ATravel in a representative capacity

Reports and Minutes of Evidence

AIncludes Minutes of Evidence taken by the Agriculture Committee and published as HC 363-i to -v, Session 2000-01.

Minutes of Proceedings

The Minutes of Proceedings of the Agriculture Committee for Session 2000-01 were published on 26.6.01 as HC 479, Session 2000-01. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee for Session 2000-01 were published on 6.7.01 as HC 485. The Minutes of Proceedings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published as HC 1316, Session 2001-02.

Divisions

Debates

The following Minutes of Evidence was referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Minutes of Evidence, Session 2001-02, The Animal Health Bill, on Second Reading of the Animal Health Bill, 12.11.01

The following Report and Special Report of the Agriculture Committee were debated in Westminster Hall:

Second Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Organic Farming and Fifth Special Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, Reply by the Government to the Second Report from the Agriculture Committee, Session 2000-01, "Organic Farming" (HC 149-I), 12.7.01

The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall:

Fourth Report, Session 2001-02, Disposal of Refrigerators, 9.7.02

The following Report of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee was referred to on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Fifth Report of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 2001-02, Delivering Sustainable Waste Management, on an Estimates Day under Standing Order No. 54, 11.12.01

The following Report was referred to as relevant to a debate in a European Standing Committee:

Fifth Report, Session 2001-02, Genetically Modified Organisms, 9.7.02

Oral Evidence

Oral Evidence was taken at 30 of the Committee's 37 Meetings. On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly in private.